This course is designed for people responsible for the care of children and qualifies them as paediatric first aiders. It is a requirement for organisations that are responsible for the care of children to ensure that appropriately trained first aiders are available at all times.
This course includes:
- The responsibilities of the paediatric first aider
- Emergency management
- Foreign objects
- Eye injuries
- Head injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Bleeding
- Communication and casualty care
- Allergic reactions
- Hot and cold conditions
- Choking
- Childhood conditions
- Asthma and diabetic emergencies
- Poisoning, bites and stings
- Asthma and diabetic emergencies
- Resuscitation
- Bone, muscle and joint injuries
- Seizures
- Burns
- Treatment of an unconscious casualty
